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1		-	H.B. No. 2566
	1	+	By: Dominguez (Senate Sponsor - Lucio) H.B. No. 2566
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2019;
	3	+	May 8, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Health &
	4	+	Human Services; May 16, 2019, reported favorably by the following
	5	+	vote: Yeas 8, Nays 1; May 16, 2019, sent to printer.)
	6	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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	9	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	10		AN ACT
5	11		relating to the authority of certain counties to regulate litter
6	12		and mosquito control.
7	13		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	14		SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 240, Local Government
9	15		Code, is amended by adding Section 240.910 to read as follows:
10	16		Sec. 240.910. REGULATION OF LITTER AND MOSQUITO CONTROL IN
11	17		CERTAIN COUNTIES. (a) This section applies only to a county
12	18		located on an international border and adjacent to the Gulf of
13	19		Mexico.
14	20		(b) In this section:
15	21		(1) "Illegally dumped litter" means litter dumped
16	22		anywhere other than in an approved solid waste site, as defined by
17	23		Section 365.011, Health and Safety Code.
18	24		(2) "Litter" has the meaning assigned by Section
19	25		365.011, Health and Safety Code.
20	26		(c) In addition to the authority granted under Section
21	27		365.017, Health and Safety Code, the commissioners court of a
22	28		county may adopt and enforce orders to:
23	29		(1) control the disposal of litter and the removal of
24	30		illegally dumped litter from public or private property; and
25	31		(2) regulate the storage or abandonment of property,
26	32		including tires and appliances, on public or private property that
27	33		creates a nuisance or habitat conducive to mosquito breeding.
28	34		(d) An order adopted under this section:
29	35		(1) applies only to the unincorporated area of the
30	36		county;
31	37		(2) may require the record property owner to pay for
32	38		the cost of enforcing the order on the property owner's land if the
33	39		commissioners court gives the property owner 30 days' written
34	40		notice of the enforcement action; and
35	41		(3) may not regulate manufactured or industrialized
36	42		housing constructed to state or federal building standards in a
37	43		manner that is different from regulation of site-built housing.
38	44		(e) This section does not authorize the adoption of:
39	45		(1) zoning regulations not otherwise authorized under
40	46		Chapter 231; or
41	47		(2) building regulations not otherwise authorized
42	48		under Chapter 233.
43	49		SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
44	50		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
45	51		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
46	52		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
47	53		Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
48		-	______________________________ ______________________________
49		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
50		-	I certify that H.B. No. 2566 was passed by the House on May 3,
51		-	2019, by the following vote: Yeas 126, Nays 14, 2 present, not
52		-	voting.
53		-	______________________________
54		-	Chief Clerk of the House
55		-	I certify that H.B. No. 2566 was passed by the Senate on May
56		-	17, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 24, Nays 7.
57		-	______________________________
58		-	Secretary of the Senate
59		-	APPROVED: _____________________
60		-	Date
61		-	_____________________
62		-	Governor
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